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I think more men are successful at tech because more enter the field. At my university, which was actually 56% female (IIRC), my electrical engineering classes
by a3voices 13y ago
I think more men are successful at tech because more enter the field. At my university, which was actually 56% female (IIRC), my electrical engineering classes almost entirely consisted of males.
- prutschman 13y agoI think it's worth looking at why more men enter the field. I think it's also worth looking at why the participation of women in computer science in particular, as opposed to other technical fields, decreased on a relative basis after initial increases.[1] [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16digi.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16digi.html?_r=0
- a3voices 13y agoI'd wager that it's a variety of factors that are mostly cultural.
- cliveb 13y agoIt is. Here’s the science of why by Heidi Grant Halvorson PhD citing research by Carol Dweck PhD. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-success/201101/the-trouble-bright-girls http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-success/2011...